Felix Hernandez impressive 2011 season continued last night after the 25 year-old Cy Young award winner shut down the Tampa Bay Rays by allowing only one run on five hits, two walks and eleven strikeouts in seven innings...

Ned Yost and the Kansas City Royals announced after a second blown save in as many days that Joakim Soria , one of the best relievers over the last four seasons, had lost his job as closer to Aaron Crow...

In a season with two no-hitters and a few spectacular shutouts, James Shields delivered the best starting pitching performance of the season against the Florida Marlins on Sunday, allowing only three hits, one walk and striking out thirteen...

Since his recent 4-for-4 game on Sunday, Ian Kinsler has fallen back into another slump going 1-for-16 with one run scored. For the season, he has posted a .233/.337/.417 line with five home runs and eight stolen bases through 192 plate appearances...

One of the better kept secrets in the NL Central has been the transformation of Charlie Morton , the Pittsburgh Pirates starter who recorded the worst record and ERA among qualified starting pitchers in 2010 (2-12 7...

While a rib injury kept Zack Greinke on the DL for the first month of the season and Yovani Gallardo struggling, Shaun Marcum has done his part to keep the Milwaukee Brewers in the race for the NL Central...

Max Scherzer pitched another solid game against the Blue Jays last night. He improved his record to 6-0 for the season by pitching five innings and allowing two runs on five hits, three walks, one home run and five strikeouts...

The Atlanta Braves come into Monday third in the NL East. Atlanta is one-and-a-half games behind the Florida Marlins and three-and-a-half behind the Philadelphia Phillies after starting the season 13-15 in the month of April...

Similar to last season, the Seattle Mariners ' offense has struggled to produce runs. Miguel Olivo is currently hitting in the cleanup spot and Ryan Langerhans, Adam Kennedy and Milton Bradley all hit in the third spot this week...